An innovative tsetse fly repellent technology in Kenya has enabled farmers to dream of better yields.

The Kenya Tsetse Fly and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) has suspended a recruitment process after the state dissolved the corporation. In a notice on February 25, the parastatal ...

The efficacy of the technique is 80 per cent, and can be improved. The trial recommended all cattle must wear collars to stay alive and escape tse tse fly attacks.

Quarry: the tsetse fly. The tsetse, carrier of dreaded, parasitic African sleeping sickness, which kills men and cattle alike, has for generations been Africa’s great curse.

In 1895 Surgeon General Sir David Bruce showed that the parasite (try-panasoma gambiense) was communicated to human beings and to cattle by the tsetse fly.

By way of background: Cattle and antelope are natural reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei. During a blood meal, pathogens get into the gastrointestinal tract of tsetse flies.

Tsetse fly fertility damaged after just one heatwave, study finds Date: March 12, 2024 Source: University of Bristol Summary: The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a ...

The latest culprit in rising beef prices? A parasitic fly that loves to munch on cattle. New World screwworm–a flesh-eating pest found in cattle–was detected this week in Mexico, 370 miles from the U.

As parasites adapt to a warming world, an infectious disease expert at Rochester Institute of Technology has his eye on the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. The biting fly transmits Trypanosomiasis, ...

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers at the University of Bristol and Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found.

Researchers discovered novel attractants that may improve Tsetse fly traps and help control disease spread.